My name is Laura White, and
I'm a mathematician working on the
Commercial Supersonic Technology project
supporting the Quesst mission.
My role on the mission is
I get to develop all the statistics
on creating
how reliable our simulations are.
Our goal is to take all the information
that we have from the aircraft,
and ensure that they align
from the information that we have
developed here at NASA.
We need a lot of data
in order to quantify what our sound
is going to be on the ground.
As a child, we definitely didn't
have a lot of money or a lot of means.
And so, I kind of wanted to do something
more with my life,
and so I saw at a very early age
that education could give that to me.
I would spend weekends, you know,
doing study cards
when kids were playing
because I wanted,
I knew I aspired to be more
or somewhere else with my life.
So, if I'm not at work,
you can find me
at the climbing gym.
I love to climb.
I've been climbing for seven years.
I've climbed all over the world.
Having that work-life balance,
you get off of your desk,
you get out of your office,
allows me to get a refresher on
what is the true meaning of the data
and like how we can utilize that data better.
I definitely see mathematics
in everything I do.
I love seeing everything and thinking about
what's the mathematics behind that,
what's the mathematics behind this,
and it can all be described
by these beautiful equations.
I'm going to feel so excited
to see the X-59 fly for the first time.
It's a phenomenal aircraft
that it's just never been built,
never even been realized before,
and so to see it fly,
it's going to be exciting to know
that I've contributed
to that flight in any way,
will be...
...will be just
I think of a very defining moment within my life.